Archive –
June,
2000

Natural History Museum to close on Labor Day

Posted June 26, 2000; 04:37 p.m.

by mmarks

The Natural History Museum in Guyot Hall will close to the public on Labor Day, Sept. 4. The collection of biological, geological and archeological exhibits will be preserved during a renovation of Guyot Hall. Articles from the collection will be ...

Princeton University appoints communications director

Posted June 15, 2000; 05:21 p.m.

by mmarks

Lauren Robinson-Brown, a former award-winning journalist and communications director for the New Jersey Department of State and now that agency's second-ranking official, has been appointed Princeton University's
director of communications
, ef...

Three named to American Philosophical Society

Posted June 14, 2000; 04:43 p.m.

by mmarks

Princeton professors have been elected to the American Philosophical Society: William Jordan, professor of history, Shirley Tilghman, Howard A. Prior professor in the life sciences; and Frederick Mote, professor of East Asian studies, emeritus.

Traffic delays on Elm Drive

Posted June 9, 2000; 10:25 a.m.

by mmarks

will be traffic delays on Elm Drive Thursday, June 8 through Wednesday, June 14, due to contruction on the water line there. Construction will begin at the crosswalk by West College and move south toward Faculty Road.

Princeton inaugurates Society of Fellows

Posted June 7, 2000; 09:31 a.m.

by mmarks

This fall, Princeton University will inaugurate the Princeton Society of
Fellows
in the Liberal Arts, a program designed to bring to campus some of the best recent Ph.D. recipients in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Six po...

University contributes $300,000 for Monument Drive redevelopment

Posted June 5, 2000; 05:33 p.m.

by mmarks

Princeton University is giving the Borough of Princeton $300,000 toward the
redevelopment
of Monument Drive. The gift enables the Borough to proceed with the $1.1 million project that had been stalled because of a $300,000 funding gap.

Princeton scientists describe genetics of blood stem cells

Posted June 1, 2000; 01:51 p.m.

by sschultz

Princeton scientists have outlined the molecular genetics behind a great mystery of biology: how blood cells replenish themselves. The results - a database of more than 2,000 genes - give biologists their first comprehensive picture of the working...